What Gets This 4 Month Old Revved Up?

Faith is a sucker for animals. She loves them, doing everything in her immobile power to get mobile and touch them. When she sees Maggie our beloved old golden (who is sadly not doing too well by the way), Faith goes crazy with her arms and legs shooting out in all directions. She loves to get close to Maggie and touch her fur, which gets Maggie all beside herself, and she can't help but give the kid giant full face and feet washes.

Yesterday, I was doing a little photo shoot for Faith's official four month mark and she suddenly spotted Maggie across the room...generating tons of squeals and efforts to move herself in the dog's direction. With a little help from Mom, she was scooted in for a closer look. Maggie is doing everything in her power not to sit up and do the spontaneous face wash.


This is torture for both Faith and Maggie...

Two Minute Break

I can't believe I haven't blogged in almost a week! We are in transition mode this week.

Ken's back from Nationals. YIPPEE! The children's homeschooling ended this week. YIPEE! Which means major playroom clean up for next term (BOO), and planning for a lighter summer school term (LOVE PLANNING). In the back of my mind I am beginning to plan and prepare for our brave (or crazy) back to back vacations in the Outer Banks with Ken's family and then Orlando with my family. And the pool has opened up...so that means the kids interrupting Faith's nursing to sleep three times just to see if she's asleep yet so they can head to the pool. Plus, I'm in major, FlyLady mode, trying to tackle the zones in the house and maintain the zones. All the while, I keep looking at my once beautiful gardens that are now weed infested or overgrown, hoping I'll soon be able to dig in.

Maggie is thankfully doing better, although still hobbling along at times. Her new medications seem to have perked her up a bit, and I haven't seen any more shaking episodes. And now, I hear my little one waking up for her first night time feeding...I'm off again...so it has been this week!!!

Dealing With Fall Out

And the fall out continues! These teeth just keep coming out. The tooth fairy is doing double time. This picture is minutes after Grace yanked out the other front tooth (still a bit bloody). I would shown some other close ups, but all the blood was a bit too disturbing. She really worked on this one.

Grace continues to inquire about the Tooth Fairy. Her friends have clued her into another reality. She's explained that the Tooth Fairy couldn't possibly have all of that money to give away without holding a job. My rebuttal was that being the Tooth Fairy IS her job. It didn't go over. At this point, we have a light hearted game we play where I never admit the truth, and she smiles and says, "MOM!".

I did have a little fun this last time, and said that once you don't believe in the Tooth Fairy, she stops her delivery service. Grace thought about this for a moment, and decided, it was worth believing in the Tooth Fairy just a little longer.

I Hope They Have Mirrors Up There

Tonight, before our prayers, Grace asked me what a soul was. Ever tried explaining that to a six year old?? That's a tough one.

She knows about Christ coming back again. She knows where those who believe in Christ go. She knows Jesus will be waiting to take her home because she loves him. She even knows that one day she will receive a beautiful new body. But trying to understand how a soul leaves the body behind and that which we cannot hold in our hands is what will go to be with Jesus...that take some explaining.

Naturally, Grace thought it would be her brain that went up to heaven. But after some fumbling over explaining just what a soul is without using big adult words, she seemed to be satisfied with my answer. I always get excited reminding her of that amazing new body we will one day be given. And she always feeds on that excitement as her mind tries to imagine just what kind of new body she'll recieve.

Tonight, her eyes twinkled as she said, "I hope they have a mirror up there because I want to see what I look like with my new body." I don't know what is more funny, me assuming that there would be mirrors up there, or her hoping for one.